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An Interview with indie post-rock band QUOTAS: Outsider, Countercultural, and Loud  

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Amanda Mead, Mike Lurz, and Mark Ganassin of QUOTAS, a 1990’s inspired, indie post-rock band from South Ontario. Their music can be found on Bandcamp. *** QUOTAS audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: How long has your band been together, where are you from? Amanda: We’ve been together a year and a half, and two of us are from Brantford, one of us is from Stratford.  Étienne Lavallée: How would you describe…

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An Interview with indie-fuzz-garage rock band La Rent: “It wasn’t supposed to happen, but it did”

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Kade (vocals/ guitar/ drums), Jeff (vocals/ guitar/ drums), and Emma (bass/tambourine/backing vocals) of La Rent, a London Ontario-based indie-fuzz-garage rock band. They’re regular performers in the South Ontario region and can be found at Honey Dip and other local venues on a regular basis. Their most recent releases, STEEL DRAGON KARATE(2025) and a to zap!(2025) can be found on bandcamp.  *** La Rent audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: The two of…

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An Interview with grunge, Moccasingaze band Status/Non-Status: Big Changes on the Horizon

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Adam Sturgeon, Matt Wewell, and Derek Durant of Status/ Non-Status. *** Status/ Non-Status audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: How would you folks describe your sound? South Ontario Grunge? Deadly Grunge? Sludge? Sturge: I usually say we’re like a grunge band these days, but we dabble in Moccassingaze, some of the cultural work that lives in two worlds.  Étienne Lavallée: You’re all real fearless about wading into tough conversations about settler colonialism.…

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An interview with band Willow Switch: “Folklore is a living breathing thing”

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Andra Zlatescu and guest singer Tim of Willow Switch; Robin Henry, their third member, was unable to attend the interview. *** Willow Switch audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: Your music has been described as “the crossroads between Appalachian and Black Sabbath.” How do you balance the traditional roots of banjo and folk with heavy, atmospheric drone elements? Andra: I feel like it’s not very hard to balance because in traditional, old-time…

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An Interview with dreampop band Closeout: “To feel energized, to feel excited, to feel welcomed”

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Daryan (vocals), Andrew (guitar), Beck (bass guitar), and Oliver (drums) of “Closeout”, a London Ontario-based dreampop/ shoe gaze/ dreamo band.  *** Closeout audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: How does this thriving but localized Southern Ontario underground scene, especially between London Hamilton and the GTA, shape the grit and dreamo atmospheric tones in your music? Daryan: For me, when I first moved here because I’m from Saint Thomas originally, I started coming…

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An Interview with revolutionary hip hop collective RHYMETHiNK: Building Radical Communities

Étienne Lavallée documents London’s current art scene with The Honey Dip Archives, a series of interviews with bands that performed at Honey Dip’s one year anniversary celebration. Here, he meets Lee Reed (MC/ vocals/ lyrics), Tarek Funk (MC Multi-instrumentalist Hip Hop Funk Afrobeat artist), and C. Reality (MC/ Producer/ DJ), of “RHYMTHiNK” from Toronto, a collective that describes itself as anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, and anti-authoritarian.  *** RHYMETHiNK audio interview: Étienne Lavallée: You’re described as a revolutionary hip hop collective. Revolutionary art historically faces the threat of commodification, it often risks being watered down to a trend by corporations. How do…

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